E-mail veronika.vojir(at)item.si

Practice and professional experience

Veronika joined ITEM in 2007 after having worked as an associate in a Slovenian law firm Šelih & partnerji. She has been gathering valuable experience in litigation and IP field since 2006. Veronika handles predominantly contentious intellectual property matters, and is also daily involved in customs measure proceedings concerning counterfeits.

Qualifications

• Lawyer, University of Ljubljana

Publications

• Sporting goods company successfully relies on prior Slovenian company name in invalidation action against EUTM registration, WTR 2023 [PDF]
• Supreme Court recognises need for legal certainty in assignment of IP rights, WTR 2021  [PDF]
• Amendment regarding restitution of lapsed trademark applications introduced, WTR, 2014 [PDF]
• SIPO confirms that TEFLON is well-known trademark, WTR, 2013 [PDF]
• Mark including five-pointed stars in a circle held to be imitate EU symbols, WTR, 2012 [PDF]
• Austria and Croatia object to Slovenia’s Kranjska sausage application, WTR, 2012 [PDF]
• Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights through Border Measures (Slovenian section), Oxford University Press, 2012
• Common English word for alcoholic drink held not to be descriptive, WTR, 2010 [PDF]

Awards

• Recomended Individual by WTR 1000, 2021–2026
• Notable practitioner by IP Stars, 2024–2025

Languages

Slovenian, English, Croatian/Serbian/Bosnian

Personal Interests

Skiing, Music